Cecilia Sahlström

As autumn descends upon Lund, a respected social worker is discovered brutally murdered in an allotment garden. To his colleagues and family, he was a model citizen—empathetic, loyal, and wise. However, Chief Inspector Sara Vallén senses trouble; no one is truly that perfect. If he was, then why would anyone want to kill him? Only days after testifying against the man who assaulted her, Vallén is forced to push past her own trauma to lead the investigation.

As Swedish midsummer casts its endless light over a quiet university town, a series of murders reveals darkness behind its polished façade. When a young woman is found brutally assaulted, a white lilac clasped in her hand, Chief Inspector Sara Vallén is drawn into a case that soon becomes painfully personal.

Audiobook Without a Trace: A Sara Vallén Thriller, written by Cecilia Sahlström. Chief Inspector Sara Vallén receives a tip that could help solve a 20-year-old cold case about a two-year-old boy who disappeared from his preschool without a trace. Meanwhile, Sara’s daughters Klara and Bella are being harassed by a group of young Nazi sympathisers for starting a student association supporting unaccompanied refugee youths.